Surname Molnar in modern Croatia

Molnar families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , less frequently Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Molnar live in Croatia today, in 530 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 59 cities and 167 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Vukovar (50), Osijek (45), Bjelovar (35), and in Vinkovci (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), the United States (2), Australia (1), France (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Molnar (including: Molnár , Mollnar ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. The family name "Molnar " is used by some 90000 people in Hungary , about 30000 in Romania , and some 30000 people in the United States. "Mollnar " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Molnar, Maja Molnar, Marijan Molnar, Branka Molnar, Mladen Molnar, Predrag Molnar, Igor Molnar, Mario Molnar, Antun Molnar, Melita Molnar, Endrea Molnar, Zoran Molnar, Dragutin Molnar, Miroslav Molnar, Zlatan Molnar, Mirna Molnar, Alen Molnar, Siniša Molnar, Renato Molnar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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